Saudi Arabia said Tuesday its $7 billion investment in a giant Malaysian refinery would bolster a bid by state-owned energy firm Aramco to go public next year. The deal between Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, and Malaysian…
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Nicole Kidman roasted at Oscars
Nicole Kidman can act, she can sing, she can certainly rock a red carpet, but today’s Academy Awards have taught us one thing: She doesn’t really know how to clap. The Aussie-born actress was filmed twice in the audience during…
Om Puri honoured at 89th Academy Awards
Even before Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone came to limelight for making a starry entry into Hollywood, Om Puri was already an established name there. And this only got furthermore assured when the Indian actor was honoured at the 89th…
SpaceX to send two tourists around Moon in 2018
SpaceX said Monday two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the Moon in what would mark the farthest humans have ever traveled to deep space. The United States has not sent astronauts to the Moon since NASA’s…
Humans spark most US wildfires
People sparked most US wildfires in recent decades, causing longer fire seasons and increasing the amount of scorched earth, according to a new study published Monday. Researchers found that humans caused 84 percent—or four out of five—of the total 1.5…
Agri loan disbursement target likely to exceed in 2016-17
The central bank predicts that the disbursement of agriculture loans will exceed the target in the current fiscal 2016-‘17. “The trends of recent credit disbursement indicate that the disbursement target for the current fiscal is likely to exceed,” Bangladesh Bank…
HIV rash: What does it look like and how long does it last?
For many people newly infected with HIV, a rash is one of the earliest symptoms. A wide range of illnesses, infections, and allergic reactions can irritate the skin, however, so a rash alone is never sufficient to diagnose HIV. People…
Dumbphones survive rise of the smartphone
Dumbphones—handsets that just make calls and send texts—were set to disappear as technology moved on, but they have survived in emerging markets and among nostalgics of simpler devices in the West. Their continued appeal was underscored on Sunday in Barcelona…
Apollo 13’ star Bill Paxton dies at 61
Hollywood actor Bill Paxton, best known for his roles in such blockbusters as “Apollo 13” and “Titanic,” has died at the age of 61, a family representative said Sunday. The versatile Texas-born actor was a familiar face on US movie…
New urgency in fight to restore Florida Everglades
Rising seas, polluted coastlines and the specter of more frequent droughts and storms have lent new urgency to efforts to restore the ecosystem of the Florida Everglades, the largest freshwater wetland in the United States. The Everglades’ sawgrasses, swamps, tree…
New Saudi stock market opens with gains of 20 percent
Saudi Arabia on Sunday launched a parallel equity market designed to boost small and medium enterprises that closed up 20 percent, the maximum allowed in a single day, brokers said. The index on the parallel market, Nomu, listing seven companies,…
Exercise in pregnancy may help obese women avoid complications
Exercise may be an efficient way for obese pregnant women to lower their risk of diabetes, dangerously high blood pressure and other complications, research suggests. “The study suggests that a prenatal exercise-based intervention leads to both decreased costs and improved…
Emma Thompson won’t take part in short ‘Love Actually’ sequel
Actress Emma Thompson has said she is not taking part in a short “Love Actually” sequel for Britain’s Comic Relief charity appeal because it is “too soon” to reprise her role in the romantic comedy after the death last year…
Fakir Alamgir’s 67th birthday celebrated
Culture Desk Bangladesh National Museum celebrated the 67th birthday of Fakir Alamgir at its Main Auditorium on February 24. Fakir, one of the key figures responsible for inspiring Freedom Fighters during the Liberation War was invited to the event to…
Chhayanaut celebrates the King of Season
Culture Desk Cultural organisation Chhayanaut welcomed spring through music and dance presentations at a programme at its auditorium on February 24. Students of Chhayanaut presented songs of three great poets-Rabindranath Tagore, Kazi Nazrul Islam and Atul Prasad Sen, in solo…
Oil giant taps China’s vast geothermal reserves
Chinese state-run energy giant Sinopec has drilled hundreds of wells across the country without finding a single drop of oil. But that was precisely the point: instead of black gold, the almost mile deep holes are providing clean heat for…
Sushant Singh Rajput upsets Sriram Raghavan!
Sushant Singh Rajput has upset filmmaker Sriram Raghavan by turning down his next film, which is now gone into Ayushmann Khurrana’s kitty. As per our sources, Sriram was keen on having Sushant in his film, as he was impressed by…
Sanjay ‘s thoughts on Ranbir Kapoor
According to a report, Sanjay Dutt and Ranbir Kapoor have grown so fond of each other that they’ve become drinking buds. The two catch up after their long day and meet for drinks and talk life, movies and lots more…
Kareena Kapoor Khan resumes work!
It’s been just 40 days since the birth of Taimur Ali Khan but there’s no stopping Kareena Kapoor Khan. She’s been slaying it in the style dept alright (hyperlink) ever since Christmas and viola! She’s back at work now. She…
Astronomers find 7 Earth-size planets where life may be possible
Astronomers have found a nearby solar system with seven Earth-sized planets, three of which circle their parent star at the right distance for liquid surface water, raising the prospect of life, research published on Wednesday showed, reports Reuters. The star,…
For longer life eat 10 everyday
Eating loads of fruit and vegetables – 10 portions a day – may give us longer lives, say researchers. The study, by Imperial College London, calculated such eating habits could prevent 7.8 million premature deaths each year, reports BBC. The…
WE launches first ‘.bangla’ website
Bangladeshi smartphone brand WE has launched first ever bangla website under the dot bangla domain. The site’s address is http://উই.বাংলা(we.bangla) and provides information about WE’s every smartphone along with the details on all the digital services that WE offers, said…
Tk 941 cr BRDB loan for poverty reduction in NW zone
The regional office of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) here disbursed around Taka 941 crore as loan among poor and destitute people till December last. The loan was distributed for poverty alleviation by creating self-employment facilities in agricultural and non-agricultural…
Don’t want to make films to win awards: Arbaaz Khan
As an actor, he might be open to taking up almost all kind of roles, but Arbaaz Khan says when it comes to producing and directing a film, he is inclined towards mainstream cinema. “As a director, I would always…
Team of puppeteers in Thailand’s international festival
Culture Desk A team of country’s puppeteers have left for Thailand to take part in the Thailand Harmony World Puppet Festival 2017. The festival will kick start today and continue till February 26 in Kanchanaburi Province of Thailand. Tomorrow the…
Construction of Rampal power plant will begin next month
Construction works of two units 1320 (660 x 2) Megawatt coal based power plants at Rampal will begin at the end of next March. While visiting the area this correspondent found that earth (soil) filling work on the requisite 915…
Divisional Digital Innovation Fair’ ends in Rajshahi
A three-day ‘Rajshahi Divisional Digital Innovation Fair 2017’ ended here Sunday with a call to make people aware about e-services to engage them in the digital activities. In collaboration with ICT ministry and Access to Information (A2I) project of Prime…
Sufi scholars seeks attitudinal changes to negate global warming
Sufi scholars have called for changed human attitude in negating global warming as an international conference in Indian capital of New Delhi drew a number of Muslim Sufi saints and religious scholors to discuss ways to prevent curses like militancy…
Bankers asked to attain professional skills
Senior bankers asked their newly recruited colleagues to gain professional skills as it is inevitable for attaining success in the banking sector for overall socio economic development of the region. They urged them to make their banking activities clients- friendly…
Star children who could be future superstars in Bollywood
Entertainment Desk Let’s move on from the year of break-ups and look towards the bright, bright future shall we? As we head towards a new year, here’s the…